News and information from the UND John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences.
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter made history recently, becoming the first vehicle to demonstrate controlled, powered flight on another planet. Dr. Mike Gaffey of the Space Studies faculty was interviewed on how this successful flight opens up a whole new range of possibilities for exploring Mars. See more of this article here.
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Most people know how to navigate to a travel site and book a plane ticket for their next vacation. But how many know how to book a trip to an asteroid? Paul Abell, a 1993 graduate of UND’s Space Studies program, is one. Read the full UND Today article here.
Space Studies M.S. candidate Justin Germann, will defend his thesis on Thursday, April 8th at 1:00 pm Central DST. Research Title: “VNIR Spectral Properties of Five G-class Asteroids: Implications for Mineralogy and Geologic Evolution.” Research Description: G-class asteroids are a relatively small group of ~30 asteroids. Ceres is the most prominent member as well as […]
The Space Studies Spring 2021 Colloquium Series features several leading experts in various space-related fields. Please join us for our next remotely offered presentation in this series as outlined below. This presentation will feature Dr. Paul A. Abell, Chief Scientist for Small Body Exploration at NASA Johnson Space Center. Presentation Title: “Near-Earth Objects as Possible Destinations […]
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Dr. Louis Carfagno recently participated in the Space Studies Colloquium Series. An extensive interview by UND Today is found here.
Organic-layered asteroids could bear fruit – or wheat, or other crops – for future space exploration, UND researcher Dr. Sherry Fieber-Beyer says. Check it out here
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Chris Fabian, a 2019 Space Studies M.S. alum, had had an article based on his M.S. thesis research published in the inaugural issue of the Space Force Journal. Check out the article here. Failure to recognize the effects of unmotivated biases and the unwillingness to correct cultural misunderstandings amplify a structural security dilemma and create crisis […]
Lori Waters, current SPST M.S. student, has been accepted to the position of Crew Operations Officer for the HI-SEAS Selene IV Moon analog mission from March 13 to March 27, 2021. During this mission at HI-SEAS, she will be conducting plant research as part of the ground trials for the ExoLab-8 mission, which launches to the […]
The Space Studies Spring 2021 Colloquium Series features several leading experts in various space-related fields. Please join us for our next remotely offered presentation in this series as outlined below. This presentation will feature Dr. Louis Carfagno, Former Air Force Life Support Systems Engineer, and Spacesuit Engineer working for United Space Alliance supporting the Space […]
Check out the UND Today article here.